Not many people can say that by the age of 23 they have traveled to 13 states, been deployed to five states, covered 20,000 miles and lived in almost 30 places all to help others. 
Travis Moret, 23, is one of 75 young people based in Sacramento, California who completed a 10-month term of service in the FEMA Corps, part of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC.) 

All the parties in the lawsuit against Dodge County and Masching Swine Farms will be back in court next month as the judge hears motions for summary judgment from all three parties.

Mantorville residents, business owners and representatives from various organizations filled the city council chambers to take a first glance at what Riverside Park could look like in the future. “I was pleased to see so many community members took part in this meeting.

As a program that’s just entered its third season, the Kasson-Mantorville/Triton gymnastics team has set an emphasis of improvement. Over the first couple weeks of this year, K-M/Triton has taken steps in the right direction, but hadn’t broken through to pick up its first conference win in program history. 
That wait ended last Thursday when K-M/Triton defeated Stewartville by a score of 116.775 to 115.675.

In the game of hockey, a strong scoring from the blue line is a great luxury to have. For the Dodge County Wildcats, they haven’t had too much scoring punch from their defensemen this year, but they’ve begun to pick up the pace and play more aggressively which opened up the offense as the team stretched their unbeaten streak to six games after tying Hayfield and defeating Bloomington Jefferson last week.

The Triton boys basketball team had a tough week dropping games to Cannon Falls and Lake City, but were able to rebound to defeat Kenyon-Wanamingo to close out the week.
The week began with a trip to Cannon Falls on Jan. 5 as the Cobras tried to solve their woes playing on the road. After a first half in which they played evenly with the Bombers, Triton fell behind in the second half and wound up falling by a score of 71-63.

Mary Agnes Sisler, 91, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at Koda Living Community.

A sad case involving a Steele County family has captured state and national headlines in recent weeks.
It involves Cory Neal Stucky, 30, who has work connections in Dodge County, and his nearly 2-month-old baby. Back in July, the baby died while being cared for by Stucky in their Blooming Prairie home. 

Thomas George David, 71, of Owatonna, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, at his home.